4 jlic Columbian. ESTABLISHED 1866. Site (SolumMa Jjemofrat, ESTABLISHED 1887. CONSOLIDATED 1869. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING Bloomßburg, tbe County sent of Columbia County, Pennsylvania. *EO. E. ELWELL EDITOR. D. J. TASKER, LOCAL EDITOR. GEO. C. ROAN, FORKMAN. TR:— lnsidetne county ll.ooayearlD ad vance; t1.50 11 not paid In advance Outside the county, 81-85 a year, strictly In advance. ALL communications should be addressed to THE COLUMBIAN, Bloomsburg, Pa. THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 1898. DEMOOKATIO STATE TICKET. GOVERNOR, HON. GEORGE A. JENKS. of Jefferson county. LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, HON. WILLIAM H. SOWDEN, of Lehigh county. SECRETARY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS, PATRICK DELACEY, of Lackawanna. JUDGES SUPERIOR COURT, WILLIAM TRICKET, of Cumberland. C. M. BOWER, of Centre. CONGRESSMAN-AT-LARGE, JERRY N. WEILER, of Carbon. F. P. lAMS. of Allegheny. "I have been a Republican since iB6O but our party now stinks in the nostrils of any decent man. If the people are willing to uphold this cor ruption and dishonesty, God save the country ! —Ex-Postmaster General John Wanamaker." JENKS PBESTINTS HIS VIEWS- The committee appointed by State Chairman, John M. Garman, to notiiv the Democratic candidates of the action of the Altoona conven tion which placed them in the field, met at Bedford Springs, Pa., last week. It was a notable gathering of the leading democrats of the State. Dewitt C. Dewitt of Brad ford, presided over the meeting. He stated that several eastern papers had intimated that the work of the Altoona convention had been in fluenced by Senator Quay. He vigorously denied all the charges. "Our purpose," said the chairman, is to reform in state government. We expect through Mr. Jenks to redeem the state from fraud, cor ruption and Quayism. CANDIDATE: JENKS' REPLY. Candidate Jenks, in replying to the Notification Committee, said : To be named by my fellow citi zens of the Democracy of Pennsyl vania for the Governorship of the State is a testimonial of confidence and good-will for which I tender my grateful acknowledgement. In doing this I do not overlook the fact thai the true import of a nomi nation worthy of either convention or nominee abides not in personal compliment, but must rest in some useful public purpose to be promo ted by it. Did unquestioned fidel ity to official duty mark every de partment of the public service of the State the trust committed to me by this nomination would still be attended by the most solemn obli gation, but coming, as it does, in the present juncture of the public affairs of our Commonwealth, I am profoundly impressed by the respon sibilities it imposes and the duties it enjoins. The declaration of prin ciples and purposes adopted by the I convention is direct and explicit. ! That statement of doctrine and its demands officially informs the elect ors of the state of the principles of action that shall govern the Nomi nees of the convention if intrusted with official power. Neither the necessities of the case nor the pro prieties of the occasion require at this time detailed discussion of the issues submitted by the convention to the intelligence and patriotism of ' the people. Suffice it to say that the voter of whatever party affilia tion will study the provisions of the platform in vain for any declarations of principle or purpose which would not if carried into execution, pro mote pure government and good citizenship. While deferring extended discus sion of specific issues, I deem it ex pedient and opportune to here note certain considerations preliminary and elementary, to the contest into which we are about to enter. The people, in whom is originally vested the supreme sovereignty, have dis tributed to the federal government all international and inter state pow ers, with the duties corresponding therewith and necessarily implied therefrom. They have confided to the State the protection of the citi zen. within its boundaries, in all his primary rights of ' 'personal se curity, personal liberty and private property." While the federal and the State governments are territor ially coexisting, they are separate and distinct as to the subject matter of their respective jurisdictions and several duties. It follows from this division of powers and duties that the questions arising under the Federal jurisdic tion are, with rare exception, essen tially different from those arising under the jurisdiction of the State. In like sequence it comes to pass that controverted public questions arising under these respective juris dictions give rise to two sets of po litical issues, not only totally dis tinct in their origin and subject mat ter, but ultimately determinable in widely different tribunals. These two sets of issues being distinct in origin, character, subject matter, and as to form of final settlement, reason suggests that each be tried separately and on its own peculiar merits. If there be those who neg lect this obvious truth and thought lessly regard all popular elections as inquests on federal questions, let them reflect that it is the power con fided in trust to the State that as sures security to the life and liberty of the citizen, that stands guard over his property, that makes his hut or his palace his castle, that maintains schools for the education of his children,that maintains courts for the enforcement of his rights and the redress of his wrongs, that maintains highways for his use and convenience,that regulates the elec tive franchises by which he makes his voice potent for good or ill to himself and his kind, that attends him in all the busy scenes and leis ure hours of his life, and, when at last he bids farewell to this world, supervises the distribution of his estate among the chosen subjects of his bounty and affection. The mag nitude of this power, the wide va riety of subject matter on which it operates and the highly delicate duties attending its exercises render it only the more tempting to official avarice. CONDEMNING THE LEGISLATURE. The only reference in the Repub lican platform to State issues ap pears in these words : "We com mend the wise, careful and efficient administration of the State govern ment in its various departments, and heartily approve of the fidelity with which our State officers have discharged their duties." Both the press and the people of the Com monwealth, with almost unanimous acclaim, have adjudged the last ses sion of the Legislature, in its faith lessness to its trust, its reckless con tempt of the rights of the people, and its unblushing subserviency to base and sinister influences, to be without parallel in the history of the State. malign power of a single self-seeking, autocratic hand has brought this disgrace gupon the Commonwealth. It has forced the dominant party to declare that this disgrace shall be perpetuated and the rule of offi cial conduct by it observed is now formally adopted by the party as its official standard of State morality for the instruction and guidance of its nominees. "The issue is be tween ignominy, corruption and in famy on the one hand and indepen dence, honesty and manliness on the other." In the past our citi zens have been proud to say "I am a Pennsylvanian." The founda tions of our Commonwealth were laid in integrity, fidelity, justice and good faith. The initial lines of its colonial policy stand as perpet ual admonitions and pledges to pos terity against intolerance, venality and profligacy in the use of politi cal power. May that name never by the negligence or indifference of her citizens become a byword or eproach. May the vigilant integ rity of the citizens of tue Common wealth and the equality of her jus tice to poor and rich, to weak and strong alike, be her glory. The duty of allegiance is still obligatory upon every citizen. Each and every citizen has pledged to every other "his life, his fortune and his sacred honor'' for the faith ful discharge of his civic duty, l>oth to the federal and State government. Trusting that this pledge will not be disregarded and that sincere love of justice and right, with intelligent and courteous patriotism, shall do minate at the great assize of the people in November, I accept the nomination tendered me and if the action of the convention which you represent shall be ratified by the people I will faithfully try to do my duty as best I can. KEEP STATE FROM FEDERAL ISSUES. When the power of the State be comes the private capital of faith less officials it is a common expedi ent of the beneficiaries of such mis used power to seek escape from ac countability to the citizen by fran tic appeals to the opinions, prejud ices and passions of party majorities THE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBURC. PA oil Federal questions. To measur ably avoid this vice sotne of the State constitutions provide for the election of State officers at different times from the election of Federal officers. Toward a like purpose the Constitution of Pennsylvania wisely provides that the chief executive officers of the State, all the Repre sentatives and one-half of the Sena tors shall be elected two years after the last preceding Presidential elec tion. The wisdom of this evident intent to keep State issues and Federal issues separate finds ample illustra tion in the present situation and condition of the State politics of Pennsylvania. The citizens of the Commonwealth have a right not only to be informed as to the gener al conduct of its public servants, but to be answered explicitly on specific acts of legislation and ad ministration. Have the laws enacted by their agents been just and equal laws ? Have they been honestly adminis tered for the welfare of the people ? What motive or influence governed the Legislature of 1897 i n passing 409 bills of which 87 were finally vetoed by the Chief Executive ? Were those bills diligently consid ered and intelligently enacted so as to subserve the beneficent public purpose for which they purposed to be passed, or were they by negil gence or intent so framed that while ostensibly designed to serve such putpose they were either unintelli gible or in violation of the provi sions of the constitution, so that the burden shall be cast on the Chief Executive or the court to declare them void ? Have salaried officers without substantial duties been created to pay political debts aud pension off the pliant instruments of misrule on the treasury of the State ? Have non-resident mercenaries been sent into every voting precinct of the State to baffle efforts at reform and control the primaries of the dominant party, and how and by whom were they paid ? W. at did the late Legislature appropriate funds for the payment of supplies to the State in sums vastly in ex cess of the admitted cost of such supplies ? Why ha. _ i.;i;lio;,a of dollars of the common school fund of the State been withheld from the schools for long periods of time, while the teachers have gone un paid or the local oflicials driven to the expedient of loans ? Why for a period of nearly 20 years have favored banks had on deposit from three to nine million dollars of the funds of the State without a farthing of interest being paid to the State? Why does every department of the State government show increased prodigality of ex penditure, for which increase the citizen only realizes the increased burden it entails? From these and kindred questions so vital to the citizenship of Pennsylvania, regard less of party, are the beneficiaries of inisgovernment in the State to find sanctuary in a war to the prosecu tion of which all parties stood unre servedly committed? From these questions touching the systematic debauchery of the public service of the State are the malefactors aud their agents to find refuge in vehe ment declamations on questions of federal taxation ? Confronted by the issue, between reckless profligacy or careful scru tiny and judicious economy instate expenditures, shall the agents of misrule escape accountability in the fog and dust of a simulated anxiety on the subject of federal coinage ? Are the national bias and predilec tions of the voter on national ques tions to be used as a means of secur ing his support of methods in State administration at which he would revolt if attempted in the prosecu tion of any private business in the community? Mr. Jenks' speech was loudly ap plauded. Hon. W. H. Sowden then addressed the meeting as fol lows : GENTLEMEN OF THE NOTIFICA- The World's Great Blood Purifier is Hood's Sarsaparilla,' VVhich absolutely Cures every form of Impure blood, from The pimple on your Face to the great Scrofula sore which Drains your system. Thousands of people Testify that Hood's Sarsaparilla cures Scrofula, Salt Rheum, Dyspepsia, Malaria, Catarrh, Rheumatism, And That Tired Feeling. Remember this And get Hood's And only Hood's. August Sales! GOODS TO BE GOLD OET AT COST. CONSISTING OF CLOTHING For Men, Boyls and Children, HATS? CAPS? SHIRTS? BcC? To make room for fall and winter goods, at prices that will surprise you. CALL AND EXAHINE AT Townsend's Star Clothing House. TION COMMITTEE : —The platform upon which we were nominated at the Altoona convention declares, "that the paramount issues in the campaign 011 which we have entered are honest government, home rule and clean politics, and pledges the party to wage 'unceasing warfare against the vicious system of politi cal profligacy and corruption that pervades our entire system of state and municipal affairs." This succinctly states the issues that now confront our people for sdlution at the ballot box on the Bth of next November, and upon their decision will depend in a very large degree the future happiness and general welfare of the great mass of the inhabitants of our grand old c^mmonwea'.ih. In accepting the nomination to the high and responsible office for which I have been named I pledge the voters of this state that if I am elected I will use my best endeavors faithfully to serve the whole people and their best interests, in the dis charge of my official duties, and will zealously strive to secure for them the reforms promised in the Altoona platform. The people of this commonwealth are sorely perplexed and are right eously indignant over the malad ministration of their public affairs and they are resolutely determined to wrench their government from the hands of its usurpers and de spoilers who have used their high offices of trust to rob and plunder in order to enrich themselves at the public expense. The people's government must be restored to them and the political bosses who have been abus ing their trusts must be relegated to the rear. This is a government of the people, by the people and for the people, and the time has come when no political boss shall longer rule and govern them. National politics and political questions that affect the federal government have no place in this contest for honest local and state government and clean politics, for none of our state offi cials have any voice in the federal affairs. We were all united in our support of President McKinley in the war with Spain. There were happily no differences of opinion amongst us upon this important question, and our country never presented a grander spectacle before the world than it did in the complete unifica tion of all her citizens in our recent ly ended war with that foreign na tion. Every loyal American must necessarily feel proud to have ob sei ced such an exhibition amongst our people and the manner in which they so cordially supported the fed eral government in its present emer gency. Thank God, there were no differences of opinion amongst us upon this patriotic question of the war and that we are all in accord in supporting our government in this hour of its trial. We are, and always were, for our country, its flag and the federal ad ministration in waging a most vig orous war against Spain until an honorable peace was secured and the terms of our government ac cepted. Our country first and party afterwards, for without a country, there can be no need for any great political parties. Any man who would seek to build up a political issue in this state out of our internatioual con troversy and war with Spain and endeavor to create a division amongst the people now so happily united upon these patriotic questions, in order to advance his own political CONTINUED ON PAGE 8. All our ads are verbal contracts with the public. * Truth Will Prevail. • That is why our ads bring such results. Last week while trade seemed stagnate at other houses We had a Rush of business that was really remarkable for the season. We had advertised a line ot uumatchable bargains, and the people knew they would find them when they came. When you read a state ment made by us in this or any other space, you can depend upon it being the truth. We put on sale this week one case of the best Indigo Prints at 4c the yd. One case of Simpson's steel gray Prints at 5c the yd. We still have some Percale, 36 inches wide, fast colors and good patterns, at 5c the yd. If you want a separate skirt we can sell you one ready made or will sell you the goods to make one at half price. One lot of Ladies' Ribbed Vests that we have sold all rummer at 30c., go now at 15c each or 2 for 25c. '£=• 111 F. P. Pursel. SHERIFF'S SALE. By virtue of a writ ol pi. Fa., Issued out of the Court of Common Pleas of Columbia county, Pa., and to me directed, there will be exposed to public sale ou the premises of Isaac Boone In Orange townsblD on SATURDAY, SEPT. 17, 1898, at two o'clock In the afternoon, all that certain messuage,, tenement and tract of land Bltuate In the township of Orange, county and state aforesaid, and moro particularly described as follows, to-wlt: situated about one m'le and one-balf from the village of Llghtatreet and In the hamlet of Draketown, bounded on the north by C'liarUe Jonos and public road, on the east by Katie Drake and MoOlure Drake, on the south by lands of lfannah Boone, deceased, and on the west by Thomas Mcßrlde. contalulng about EIGHT ACRES. It being part of a tract of land purchased by the said defendant Isaac Boone from the exec utors of wm. Maclntyre, late of Scott township and known as the Isaac Boone homestead. seized and taken Into execution at the salt of Isaac Keichart vs. Isaac Boone and A. E. Boone, and to be sold as the property of Isaac Booue. W. W. BLACK, Sheriff, j Melllcki atty 8-ac-ts EXECUTOR'S NOTICE. Estate, of if R. Peeler, late of Bloomsimrg, Pa., deceased. Notice is hereby given that letters testamentarg on the estate of E. R. Heeler f late of Bloomsburg. Pa., Columbia County, deceased, have been grant ed to Frank Ikeler and Fred Ikeler, to whom all persons indebted to said estate are requested to make payment, and those having claims or de mands will make known the same without delay, \ FRANK IKELER, FRED IKELER, 8-11-6 L Executors. Ladies' Hose, without seams, black or white feet, worth 18c, we sell this week two pair for 25c. ORGANDIES. What we have we will sell at 12ic the vd., worth 28. LACES/ We open this week a new lot of Torchon laces and Insertion. Neat patterns that you can't help but buy if you see them and hear the prices. Also a new, lot of Valencien nes Laces. The tomatoes are ready to do up and WP can sell you tin cans at 35c and 50c the doz. Mason's glass jars, 50c, 00c, and 75c per doz. War and The VICTORY AT SANTIAGO WHS won be cause of the thorough preoaratlon of the Amer ican squadron. In ihe .mttle of life, success depends upon preparation. The WILKRS BARKE BIJSINKSS INSTITUTE offers excep tional opportunities for preparation Hint Insure success. Its Prluelpal has had a rare experi ence in teaching and in obtaining positions for pupils; ltls work has the characteristics of thoi oughness and practical application to business requirements. Its course or study Is thorough aud comprehensive. Investigate what it can do for YOU. H WALTER RtTHBUN, Principal, No. 1 Anthracite UulldlDg, Vi Ukes-barre, Pa. 8-25-ISt.. CHARTER NOTICE. Notice Is hereby g ven that an application will he made to the Governor of the .state of Pennsylvania, on Mondaj, September tßth lBWg by Theodore ltedeker, 11. c. Koulon. A. P. Fowl ler, S. 11. Vanbusklrk and C. W. Miller, under the Act of Assembly or the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, entitled ' Au Act to provide for the Inco. poratlon and Regulation of certain corporations" approved April 29th 1874. and supplements thereto, for the charter of an In tended cor mratlon to be called "THERKDE KKH FURNITURE COMPANY™ the ""afiSctSr aud object of which Is the manufacturing and selling all kinds of lurnlture, aud for these pur poses to have, possess and onloy nil Ihe rights, benefits und pi.vdeges or said Act of Assembly and Its supplements. C. W. MILLKE, __________ Solicitor. GET YOUR JOB PRINTING DONE AT THE COLUMBIAN OFFICE
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